Phonograph-record cabinet



G. W. WILLIAMS.

PHONOGRAPH RECORD CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. s, 1921.

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Be it known that I, GEOFFREY VVATKIN WILLIAMs, subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at The Knoll, Burgess Hill, Sussex, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Phonograph- Record Cabinets, (for which I have filed an application in Great Britain, J an. 17, 1920, application No. 1,559 and I do hereby declare the following'to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,-such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to cabinets or the like for the storage of gramophone disk records of the kind which are divided into a plurality of compartments for the reception of the records each of which records is supported upon a pivoted base member which normally inclines toward the rear of the cabinet but upon depression of the forward end such member is raised at its rear end and thus operates to cause the record to roll out through the front of its compartment until brought to rest by a limiting stop. The base members are mounted upon a common pivot pin so as to be separately operablethe members engaging the pin either through the medium of slots or plain holes.

One means heretofore proposed for preventing the record fromv rolling completely out of its compartment consists in upwardly curving the front portions of the pivoted base members.

According to the present invention the pivoted bases are straight and pivoted near their forward ends whereby the normal tendency is to remain in a position in which the forward end is at a higher elevation than the rear end with the result that in the event of a record not being required the same will always roll backto its normal position in the cabinet when the pressure of the hand on the forward end of the base has been removed. Further, the stop or stops for preventing the record from rolling completely out of the cabinet are so disposed that when a record is in abutting engagement therewith the center of the record is always behind the pivotal axis of the base member.

In order that the invention may be clearly understood the same will now be described by aid of the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in section of a disk-record cabinet constructed in q pnoaqea a'ecpapgimme Serial No. 443,425. -I

I Specification ofLettei'isi Patentl Y Application filedlebruary s, 1921;

accordance with my iinvention -and"showing;1 3 the normal positlon of the record contalned therein;

Fig. 2, a similar view showing the base depressed with the record in a'position ready for removal; and

Fig. 3 a detail of one of the depressible.

bases.

'In the drawings the bases 0, are grooved as at a and are pivoted near their forward ends as at c and the extended portion of the pivoted bases may conveniently be used for the reception of descriptive matter for the purpose of classifying the contained records.

A stop m is disposed in advance of the front of the cabinet so as to prevent the records from rolling out too far. Such stops may be constituted by a member carried by projecting arms secured to the front face of the cabinet frame as will be understood.

As a means of pivotally connecting the bases to the frame the point of connection the-rebetween may consist of a slot 7' formed in each base (see Fig. 3) whereby the same may be engaged or disengaged with or from the pivot rod without removing such rod.

As illustrated in Figs. 1 and'2 I provide stops Z disposed one abOve the other to limit pivotal movement of the bases and if desired and as shown the back of each cabinet may be faced with felt or other soft material as denoted at 0 to prevent the records from becominginjured when carelessly inserted. The above mentioned stops for preventingv the records from rolling completely. out of the cabinets are so disposed that when a record is in abutting engagement therewith the center of the record is always behind the pivotal axis of the base members a.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performedI declare that what I claim is In a phonograph record cabinet the combination of an open sided case, a vertical partition forming within said case a compartment, a pivoted lever constituting the base of said compartment, said lever being connected to the front side of said case by a pivot pin, said pivoted connection being near the forward end of the lever so that the axis of a record supported thereon is always situated behind the pivot of the lever so as to cause the record to automatically roll back into the interior of the cabinet except when downward pressure is applied to the forward end of the lever, the npper face of said lever having formed thereln a longitudinal groove for the reception of the edge of the record,

a facing of soft material on the inside face of the rear side of the casing, limiting stops" 10 ment of the same, and an inclined stop disposed across the open side of the compartment to prevent the records from rolling completely out Whentheir respective pivoted levers are depressed.

Inwitness whereof I have signed this 15 o. o. cows], E. HN. CLAYDQN. 1 

